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A cartoonish painting of
US President George Bush in the nude has been taken down from the wall
at the City Museum of Washington. The picture, called Man of Leisure,
King George, adopts the pose of a famous Impressionist painting, Edouard
Manet's Olympia, that scandalised Paris in 1863, and now hangs in the
Gare d'Orsay Museum in Paris. The painting by local artist Kayti Didriksen, shows a caricature of Bush, reclining in the nude on a chaise lounge, his head propped up by pillows. Instead of the female servant who stands behind Olympia's couch, a man in suit and tie resembling Vice-President Dick Cheney stands nearby, holding a cushion with a crown and a miniature oil rig on top of it. |
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The painting was part of a "living room art" show called Funky Furniture - a variety of painted furniture and other items that were set up in the museum last week. Expected to formally open this month, the show, including the Bush painting, was abruptly shut  down
on Monday after some of the artists' themes were considered unsuitable.Myra Peabody Gossens, a public relations consultant for the museum, said the exhibit was not what had been expected. "The museum is not an art museum," she explained. "It gets mostly groups of children, with teachers trying to tell them something about history." The museum's executive board decided the museum was "not an appropriate venue" for the exhibit. Art-O-Matic 2004, a confederation of local artists which organised the project, now is looking for another space to house the exhibit, said Jim Tretick, a member of the group's board of directors. "About a dozen people may have seen it on Sunday," said Tretick. "The exhibit wasn't completely mounted. Then it was taken down on Monday when the museum was closed." |
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Selected Comments: |
cut off or something they are going to implant ??? - 7T'sSoFla Yeah... I'd BARF up a Christian Oil Derrick Crown on a pillow if I saw that Bush naked too !!! - Miami Mike. That is one shocking twosome - left me speachless Look! Dubya has a driver's tan! - Bad Mama Did he paint this so Dick could see Bush? - I'm moving to Canada if the moron wins DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE - DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE Ugliest SHAVED BUSH I have ever seen !! - BEAVER WEAVE. GGGGGGGGGGGGGG OOOOOOOOOOOOOO AAAAAAAAAAAAAA WWWWWWWWWWWWWW AAAAAAAAAAAAAA YYYYYYYYYYYYYY - Fuck four more years...I can't stand four more minutes of him !! I wouldn't call it "porn" but I wouldn't call it "art" either. How about "a childish, liberal's attempt at art"? - Anon. Olympia looks more sincere, though Bush looks suspiciously neuter... - At least she would be able to admit that she was wrong. Please let these be the LAST DAYS of BUSH and CHENEY. - Change da view !! What, no Halloween special? - The Youth of America Greetings and Salutations! I would love to be reviewed on your very cool site! Let me know if you are interestedd and if there is anything you need! Graphically yours, - Zille Defeu DEATH TO KING GEORGE....OFF WITH HIS HEAD !!!! - Ooops I guess Cheney "bit" us to it !! What the hell ??? It's worse than a computer virus, trojan horse or worm !! You've given my PC "BUSH POX" - Penis illin' PLEASE !!! cheney should stick that rig where bush's sun don't shine - jed clampett ...self-anointed King George continues to bask and glow in the aftermath... - troubled What, no election special? - The Youth of America Art for the painting, Pornography for the truth of it - We're fucked anyway |
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